April 24, 2024

Thursday's Daily Pulse

What you need to know about Florida today

| 1/18/2018

› Bill Nelson’s anti-drilling credentials come under scrutiny
Sen. Bill Nelson can rightfully claim he's fought to keep oil drilling away from Florida, but in 2010, he was less strident when the Obama administration floated plans, only to see them scuttled by the BP disaster.

› Mosaic pushes South Florida Museum to think bigger
The Mosaic Foundation approached South Florida Museum’s Board of Trustees five years ago and said they’d like to do a little bit more for the museum’s children’s area.

› Office Depot's chief accounting officer resigns
The Boca Raton company announced in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday that its senior vice president of finance and chief accounting officer, Michael Rabinovitch, told the company Jan. 10 he would resign.

› Jack Latvala mulling what to do with $4.5 million of political money
Former state Sen. Jack Latvala, who is sitting on nearly $4 million in political committee money and another $600,00 in the campaign fund for his bid for Florida governor, said Tuesday his unused campaign money will be returned to donors if he closes down that campaign.

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